The Ration Ticket

Excerpt from the diary of Jules Flegmon.

15 April . -- Refused an invitation for this evening from the Carterets who had requested me to please consent to be present at their 'mortal agony'. It's a custom that's been adopted by the 'swing' crowd to gather their friends together for the occasion of their temporary death. I have been told that sometimes these gatherings give rise to orgiastic melees. How disgusting.